Jessie Weaver - Live Your Best Lie

Dear Reader,

Here it is! I am so excited to be sharing with you the second novel from my studio. Jessie Weavers debut is a timely, irreverent, thrilling read that features a murder mystery inspired by our cultures fixation with popular social media figures.

Weve all heard of influencers like Live Your Best Lie s Summer Cartwright, whose every post inspires her millions of followers to slurp down green smoothies, wake up each morning doing sun salutations, and perfect that bouncy ponytail. The world follows Summers every move because she lovingly documents each one! The reach and influence social media stars have are not to be underestimated. And if you doubt me, my fifteen-year-old daughter just made us order a hummus bowl inspired by a famous YouTuber from CAVA in Culver City for dinner because they looked good on TikTok. (Dear Reader, they were not.) LOL!

But do we ever really know whats happening behind those perfect posts? Who is the girl behind the account? And what is she hiding underneath that filtered faade?

Turns out: Summers Instagram was more than to die for. Someones killed for it.

Reminiscent of One of Us Is Lying meets Agatha Christie, with a dash of Gossip Girl snark, this is one fun beach read teens will devour.

Go ahead. Use that face filter app. Pretend youre partying in Ibiza.

Live YOUR best lie!

Melissa de la Cruz

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All rights reserved. Published by MDLC Studio, an imprint of Buena Vista Books, Inc. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher.
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First Edition, January 2023
Designed by Torborg Davern

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Weaver, Jessie, author.

Title: Live your best lie / by Jessie Weaver.

Description: First edition. Los Angeles ; New York : Melissa de la Cruz Studio/Hyperion, 2023. Audience: Ages 1418.
Audience: Grades 1012.
Summary: When four teens discover the dead body of influencer Summer Cartwright, they must piece together the truth behind her online persona to find out who killed herProvided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2022009419 ISBN 9781368078368 (hardcover) ISBN 9781368081122 (paperback)
ISBN 9781368081191 (ebook)

Subjects: CYAC: Social mediaFiction. SecretsFiction.

IdentityFiction. MurderFiction. Los Angeles (Calif.)Fiction.
LCGFT: Thrillers (Fiction) Novels.

Classification: LCC PZ7.1.W417748 Li 2023 DDC [Fic]dc23

LC record available at
https://lccn.loc.gov/2022009419

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Contents

To Ben, who believes in me so much,
I cant help but believe in myself

The_Summer_Cartwright Update post from #SummerLand . K, first of all, I dont photoshop my lips or my butt, but thanks to so many of you for thinking I do. Youre the sweetest everrrr!!! You should see my food baby after the burger I just scarfed. Hah! . This Wednesday at 10 a.m. PT is the next #SCYogiAdventure . A dozen of my closest friends are coming to my loft to do yoga in my living room with @SierraDitmer of @HomeGYM, and you can, too, via my livestream!! After, well make green smoothies with protein powder from @PowerBoost. Link to recipe in bio. #ad #PowerBoost #selfcare . Prepare yourself for the most embarrassing moment of my life in this weeks posts. It involves my green smoothie and Ryan Goslings labradoodle. Literally dying of shame. Oh, and theres a paparazzi photo to go with it. Cringe!! Also keep an eye out for my next # SummerAlwaysDatesTheWrongGuy reel in which I react to A and me breaking up dramatically in the courtyard at school. Ugh. Someone bring me Rocky Road and a giant spoon? . This week in #SummerLoves ... * Soy lattes from the Beanery * Lying in the grass with daisies in my hair bc #Cali * Sushi * Reading your DMs!!! * Posting no-makeup makeup secrets for youuuu * Dirty little secrets that Ill take to my grave... or will I? * . Speaking of graves... its #spookyszn ! Stay posted for stories from my Halloween party tonight for all things spooktacular. Its going to be scary fun. . You guys are the best. I wish I could give you all the biggest hug ever. squeeze Love, SumSum POSTED 7 HOURS AGO

ONE

Grace Godwin

Saturday, October 31
5:17 p.m.

G race buzzes Summers loft with one hand and tugs the hem of her dress with the other. If shed taken a second to think before calling her Lyft, she would have brought her color-blocked watermelon costume to change into instead of wearing it. Shes two hours early for Summers Halloween party, because she promised shed help set up.

Halloween is about little atmospheric touches , Summer said when she texted her on Thursday. No ones better at detail stuff than you, Gracie Grace. You know you owe me. Pleaaassseee? She followed it up with, With a pineapple on top? and a picture of her pouting in the pineapple dress she bought as her costume. Ever since Summer met that fruitarian on her trip to Bali in June, shes been almost religiously into fruit and swears shed be a fruitarian, too, if the scientists of the world would get their act together and create a fruit replacement for cheese. She also has a spiritual relationship with Gouda.

Summers pouty face picture was overkill. Grace would have helped her set up without any begging, because shes always been the girl willing to stream streamers or blow up balloons or do calligraphy on envelopes. Feeling needed is a rush. Besides, after her fight with Summer a few days ago, shes been going above and beyond, even measuring on a scale of one to Grace. Shes lucky Summer is even talking to her. Tonight has to go smoothly.

So she texted Summer back, saying, No biggie, I can be there a few hours early, even though it was kind of a biggie because she had to call out sick from her shift at the taco truck. Grace feels awful about lying to her boss, Sofia, but shes deemed this lie a necessary evil. Though she really, really hopes Sofia doesnt bring get-well tacos to her house. Her mom would murder her for ditching work.

Not to mention that Grace should be using tonight to work on her A Separate Peace essay for AP Lit. Her teacher told her it might stand a chance in a scholarship contest hosted by the College Board, and Grace needs all the scholarship money she can get. College isnt cheap.

Still, she and Summer have been friends since middle school. You make sacrifices for long-term relationships.

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